diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
index 0697b28d3..c97d3bfc0 100644
--- a/.ansible-lint
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ---
+profile: production
+exclude_paths:
+  - changelogs/changelog.yaml
 skip_list:
   # ansible-lint does not like the `import-3.11` ignore in tests/sanity/ignore-*.txt
   - sanity[cannot-ignore]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6890c6a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+name: ansible-lint
+on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["main"]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Ansible Lint  # Naming the build is important to use it as a status check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Run ansible-lint
+        uses: ansible/ansible-lint@main  # or version tag instead of 'main'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 9f210428f..6cd6ec7b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  ansible-lint:
-    uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yml@main
   changelog:
     uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/workflows/changelog.yml@main
   sanity:
@@ -24,11 +22,9 @@ jobs:
     with:
       collection_pre_install: >-
         git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.utils.git
-
   all_green:
     if: ${{ always() }}
     needs:
-      - ansible-lint
       - changelog
       - sanity
       - unit-galaxy
@@ -38,7 +34,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: >-
           python -c "assert 'failure' not in
           set([
-          '${{ needs.ansible-lint.result }}',
           '${{ needs.changelog.result }}',
           '${{ needs.sanity.result }}',
           '${{ needs.unit-galaxy.result }}',
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/trivial_lint.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/trivial_lint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..744f36321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/trivial_lint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+trivial:
+  - "Fix lint action reference."